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Milton Wellington Strickler

Polk County

MILTON W. STRICKLER

MR. SPEAKER: Your committee, appointed to prepare a suitable resolution commemorating the life, character and public service of the late Honorable Milton W. Strickler, begs leave to submit the following memorial:

Milton W. Strickler was born at Warrenton, Virginia, on January 17, 1897. After high school he obtained the following college degrees: Bachelor of Laws, Master of Laws and Master of Patent Laws, from the National University in Washington, D.C.

He married Gladyce J. Fisher of Westchester, Iowa, and they had a son, Richard A. Strickler of Des Moines. They were later divorced. In 1943 he married Reba L. Rice. To this union was born a son, William Strickler, also of Des Moines.

Mr. Strickler was a member of the American expeditionary forces to France during World War I. Following the war, he was employed by the United States Treasury Department as an auditor in Washington, and in 1921 was appointed to the general accounting office. In 1923 he was appointed director of naturalization for Iowa, Missouri and Oklahoma, stationed in St. Louis, Missouri. He resigned this position in 1925 to engage in the practice of law in Des Moines.

Mr. Strickler, a Republican, served in the Iowa House of Representative in the Forty-seventh General Assembly as representative of Polk County.

Mr. Strickler passed away on March 26, 1963.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE SIXTY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF IOWA: That in the passing of the Honorable Milton W. Strickler, the state has lost an honored citizen and a faithful and useful public servant, and the House by this resolution would express its appreciation of his service, and tender its sympathy to the members of his family.

Be it further resolved: That a copy of this resolution be spread upon the Journal of the House and that the Chief Clerk be directed to forward an enrolled copy to the family of the deceased.

THOMAS A. RENDA,

VERN BENNETT,

WILLIAM PALMER,

Committee.

House District 37